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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2017
Dental Imaging Technologies Corporation, Hatfield, PA (US);
Scott David Kravis, Lambertville, NJ (US);
Leonid Khatutskiy, Washington Crossing, PA (US);
James Paul Frerichs, Sellersville, PA (US);
Adrian David French, Suno, IT;
Kyle Alan Pixton, Lansdale, PA (US);
DENTAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Hatfield, PA (US);
TELEDYNE DALSA B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
Methods and systems are described for operating an intra-oral imaging sensor that includes a housing, an image sensing component at least partially housed within the housing, and a magnetometer at least partially housed within the housing. An output of the magnetometer indicative of an actual magnetic field that impinges the intra-oral imaging sensor is compared to data indicative of a first expected magnetic field. In response to determining, based on the comparison, that the actual magnetic field matches the first expected magnetic field, the electronic processor alters the operation of the imaging system. In some embodiments, the electronic processor causes the intra-oral imaging sensor to operate in a low-power state in response to determining that the actual magnetic field matches a first expected magnetic field indicative of placement of the intra-oral imaging sensor in an imaging sensor storage compartment.